Lord Botetourt coat of arms

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Open to all researchers.

Summary

Extent:
0.26 Cubic Feet
Creator:
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, ca. 1718-1770
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Open to all researchers.

Background

Scope and content:

Framed Coat of Arms for Lord Botetourt. A label adhered on the back reads "Finely engraved on copper and printed on hand made paper, from Joseph Edmonson's Baronagium Genealogicum, published London 1764. Edmonson was Mowbray Herald Extraordinary of the College of Arms of Great Britain. His work is one of the most authoritative and beautiful publications on Heraldry."

Acquisition information:
Transferred by the President's Office in 2018.
Physical facet:
1 framed item
Dimensions:
19.75" x 12.5" x 1.75"
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Bookplates
Coat-of-Arms